If you want to be a merit source:
Collect TEN posts that have not received nearly enough merit for how good they are, and post quotes for them all in a new Meta thread.
Here are 10 posts that I feel deserve A LOT more merit for their contributions to the community. Thank you for taking the time to view them.NastyFans Announcement:
It is time we organize our enthusiasm and efforts for NASTY MINING instead of playing GLBSE.
You only have 9 posts. Your promotion of the Announcement thread for your own coins/company/seats/whatever should be excluded because it's completely goes against the point of the merit system - rewarding OTHERS for great contributions.
The fact that you even think that your own ANN thread would qualify to get you to "merit source" status should ban you from ever getting such an honor.
The rest of your Top 9 are solid choices, and have also been used by several others to vie for "merit source" consideration. A
little lot of thought should be a prerequisite for the privilege of getting on the merit payroll.